About 5 percent of the city’s 47,000 active voters decided the issue and said they want to keep holding annual budget votes.
Kelley Bouchard
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Kelley writes about some of the most critical aspects of Maine’s economy and future growth, including transportation, immigration, retail and small business, commercial development and tourism, with emphasis on consumer issues, sustainability and minority ownership. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, education, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking for family and friends, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Reiche principal to head East End elementary school
Marcia Gendron has been assistant principal and principal of Reiche elementary school, in the city’s West End, since 2000.
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‘We’re experiencing how fragile life is’
Southern Maine students mourn the Scarborough High School senior killed in a crash on prom night.
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Wet road possible factor in Scarborough crash
Steven Delano and his best friend, Kevin Grondin, and two girls who attend Gorham High School were on their way to Gorham’s senior prom
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New elementary school could open early
Portland’s Ocean Avenue school is eight months ahead of schedule and $5.4 million under budget.
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Brunswick man named political Rising Star
Politics Magazine will feature Democrat Toby McGrath of Maine Street Solutions in its June issue.
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PATHS welding students ace certification test
Fifteen of 22 students passed all four sections of exam based on professional standards of the American Welding Society.
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Deering HS principal candidates to be interviewed
The position attracted applicants from Maine and other states, including California and Nevada, but no employees of Portland public schools.
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Mainer named Rising Star in politics
Toby McGrath of Brunswick ran Obama’s campaign in Maine and is managing Steve Rowe’s gubernatorial effort.
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Falmouth senior awarded $100,000 scholarship
Ryan Gao is a member of the science team and plans to attend Stanford University.